belter

noun

1. (historical, rare)A maker or worker of belts.
2. (UK, informal)Anything that is particularly good of its class.

   “When the second goal came, it was a belter - Fabregas launching an inch-perfect ball over the top for Van Persie to volley in without breaking stride.”

3. (British, informal)A very good-looking person.
4. One who sings forcefully.
5. One who uses the specific vocal technique of belting.
6. A song suitable for forceful singing.
7. A person who mines asteroids for minerals or lives in the vicinity of an asteroid belt.

   “The Belters watched like men mesmerized. They were spacemen, and used to strange sights, but they would never again see anything as strange as a world burning.”

8. An inhabitant of an asteroid belt, especially that between Mars and Jupiter.

   “You noticed a habit of mine once. I never make gestures. All Belters have that trait. It's because on a small mining ship you could hit something waving your arms around.”

   “Earth and Mars have been stepping on the necks of the Belters out here for over 100 years and I didn't want to be the boot.”

   “He also decided that Belters wouldn’t use the term “bullshit,” because there would be no bulls in the Belt. Instead, they would come up with a uniquely Belter curse, “kaka felota,” a term for what happens when your toilet backs up in low gravity and shit floats all over the place. (“Kata felota” literally means “floating shit.”)”

adj

1. (Geordie, alt-of, alternative)Alternative spelling of belta (“fantastic; excellent”).

name

1. (abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis)Ellipsis of Belter Creole.

   “To communicate, they evolve a creole called Belter, which becomes the lingua franca for what is essentially the solar system’s new proletariat. […] The resulting Belter creole is a crazy mix of English, Chinese, romance languages like French, German, Persian, Hebrew, Zulu, and a few other surprises. Farmer says he has over 1,000 Belter words in his personal dictionary, and he keeps adding more as the show’s producers and fans request them.”